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Life Matters - Full program podcast

Life Matters - Full program podcast

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.

ABC Australia

341 episodesEN

Show overview

Life Matters - Full program podcast launched in 2025 and has put out 341 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 310 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 54 min and 55 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 168 episodes already out so far this year. Published by ABC Australia.

Episodes
341
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
55 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.

Latest Episodes

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Being the positive influence your teenage boy needs and roadies in retirement

Aug 24, 202654 min

The art of video games, archiving the internet and respecting romance novels

Aug 23, 202655 min

Making time to talk about death and telling your crush your true feelings

Aug 20, 202653 min

Imagining a renters' utopia and why poor sleep might be limiting your career

Aug 19, 202653 min

An ode to the weekend and how to better support parents through postpartum

Aug 18, 202654 min

The anxiety of surviving cancer and keeping up with the gig economy

Aug 17, 202654 min

Using your face to make a purchase and local councils rethinking how to address homelessness

Aug 16, 202654 min

Retraining your brain to live with chronic pain and the dilemmas of downsizing

Aug 13, 202652 min

What makes ordinary city infrastructure iconic and how Luke McGregor discovered his Scottish ancestry

Aug 12, 202654 min

Why you should stress less about sleep and hairdressers reveal the emotional toll of beauty therapy

Aug 11, 202654 min

What the Census really says about our religion and why millions of Aussies are delaying dental care

Aug 10, 202653 min

How coastal erosion is changing the Australian dream and what makes a toilet truly accessible

Aug 9, 202654 min

How to navigate tween friendships and a sleepover that includes Sunday Mass

Aug 6, 202655 min

Growing old in the community you love and dealing with ambiguous loss

Aug 5, 202655 min

How to feel at home in a new city and rethinking kids' screen time

Aug 4, 202654 min

What happens to gifted kids when they grow up and how to get boys reading more books

Aug 3, 202654 min

Peter Singer's advice for a good life and how brain training can keep you sharper for longer

Aug 2, 202655 min

The lessons you learned from your grandparents and intervening in your kids' friendships

Jul 30, 202653 min

Making sex ed less awkward and the secret to a good divorce

Jul 29, 202654 min

Celebrating the summer of the Luddite and the original guide to witchhunting

Jul 28, 202655 min
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